Chapter 404 Remnant Soul From a Thousand Years Ago <TOC> Chapter 406 Returning to the Garden
Translator: SumTLMan
Felicia’s stern shout caused Angel to slowly raise his head.
Shadow secretly signaled to Angel, urging him to submit first, even if he didn’t like it, and not to refuse. Otherwise, if a wizard got angry, the consequences would be unpredictable.
Felicia noticed Shadow’s subtle gesture, but she only snorted coldly, ignoring Shadow, her eyes still burning intensely on Angel. As for the silver weapon in his hand, she no longer cared. She didn’t need to lower her own status to compete for a mid-level crafted weapon.
Angel looked at Felicia, and after a while, he said: “Lady Felicia, may I ask if Lady Gloria is also here?”
Felicia was stunned.
Shadow on the other side was also stunned. He had been waiting for so long, and then Angel suddenly said something irrelevant… well, not entirely irrelevant, but asking about ‘Diamond Barbie’ Gloria at this time, what kind of strategy was this?
Felicia glanced at Angel, thinking more than Shadow did. The news of Gloria’s rescue had not yet spread, and now Gloria had lost her physical body and her soul was languishing in another body, her strength greatly diminished. If past enemies or opportunists learned of Gloria’s current state, they might come to attack her. Moreover, Gloria’s soul had been injured and needed the aid of a Soul Bead for treatment, which was why they had come to stay temporarily in Black Castle.
But they had been at Black Castle for less than a month, so how could this man be asking about Gloria?
Did he already know Gloria was here? Or was his purpose in coming to Black Castle Gloria?
The more Felicia thought about it, the darker her face became. If this guy’s target was indeed Gloria, then he couldn’t be allowed to live.
“What makes you say that?” Felicia suppressed her killing intent and stared coldly at Angel.
Angel, however, said softly: “She told me.”
With the falling syllables of his words, Angel used his limited magic to construct an Illusory Soundscape. A little girl’s illusion appeared beside him. A cute, curly-haired face and innocent eyes.
—This was Hana, whom he had met in the ancient well of the graveyard.
“My target is the Soul Bead, which I saw in her hand. She told me that this Soul Bead was given to her by a sister named Gloria,” Angel said.
Felicia glanced at the illusion of the little girl, knowing her soul. A few days ago, Gloria had left Black Castle for a walk and met this girl. Out of pity, she had given her a Soul Bead.
Of course, the Gloria here was not the Diamond Barbie but the girl’s original soul. Now Gloria had two souls in one body, with Diamond Barbie Gloria mostly asleep, and most of the time, the girl’s original soul controlled the body.
“Your target is the Soul Bead?” Felicia sneered coldly: “Then why would you ask me about Gloria?”
Angel suddenly asked: “Lady Felicia, do you know Toby?”
Felicia paused for a moment: “Toby?!” Her expression became slightly strange, as she envisioned a squawking seabird in her mind. After a while, she spat out: “Wine-stealing thief!”
Wine-stealing thief? Angel hesitated for a moment, thinking about Felicia’s Butterfly Bar and Toby’s mischievous character. It seemed quite plausible that Toby would steal wine.
“Why are you asking about that wine-stealing thief? Do you know him?” Felicia felt disheartened every time she thought about Toby, who was Gloria’s beloved pet, untouchable and extremely cunning. This time, when she went to meet Gloria, she didn’t see Toby, which made her very happy. But now, someone suddenly mentioned him, and she had an uneasy feeling…
Before Angel started crafting the weapon, he had put Toby into his bracelet to avoid being drawn into the Omen Sign. Now, Toby was asleep inside the bracelet. His original plan was to take Toby out and show him to Felicia as proof of his identity, but seeing her irritated expression when mentioning Toby, he suddenly didn’t know whether he should take him out or not.
After pondering for a moment, Angel decided to take Toby out.
The situation is tense now. Felicia had obviously become suspicious and hostile towards him. To prove his identity, Toby was the strongest evidence he had.
Angel slightly rubbed his palm, and a small bird wearing pajamas appeared in his hand.
“Toby is here with me.”
Her premonition came true?! Felicia stared at the familiar seabird in Angel’s hand, stepped back, and gritted her teeth: “Why is this wine-stealing thief with you?”
Just as Angel was about to explain, a beautiful young girl suddenly appeared beside the Blood Prison, tears in her eyes. She rushed over at an incredibly fast speed: “My dear Toby! I never thought I’d see you again!”
With a trail of dust behind her, the young girl dashed to Angel’s side.
She carefully observed Toby in his palm.
“My dear Toby.” The young girl looked at Toby with a pitiful expression, her delicate fingers gently stroking Toby’s feathers.
After a while, the girl suddenly looked up seriously at Angel: “Angel, why has Toby been asleep all this time?”
“Gloria, do you know him?” Felicia noticed Gloria’s gaze and her tone, which clearly indicated that she and Angel knew each other.
Gloria nodded: “When I left the Wizarding World, I entrusted Toby to him.” Having said that, Gloria looked at Angel again, waiting for his explanation.
Angel looked at the young girl in front of him with a puzzled expression, which was completely different from the image of the “Great Flesh Mountain Demon King” he remembered.
But judging from her behavior and tone, she seemed to be the real Gloria.
If she is the real Gloria, facing the genuine owner’s doubts, Angel would be somewhat embarrassed.
“Gloria, I came to Black Castle for Toby. Its soul seems to have a problem. I heard from someone who studies souls that a Soul Bead is needed to save it. And the Soul Beads can only be found in Black Castle, so that’s why I came.”
Then, Angel recounted the causes and consequences of Toby’s unconsciousness, as well as his journey to Black Castle.
As Angel spoke, Shadow on the other side was already dumbfounded. Unexpectedly, the plot took a sudden turn, and not only did Angel know Gloria, but it seemed that they had a very good relationship. Gloria even entrusted her beloved pet to Angel’s care.
That is to say, Toby was not Angel’s, but “Diamond Barbie” Gloria’s!
In that case, he would be embarrassed. He played a significant role in Toby’s unconsciousness. Even though he knew that he was not the main cause of Toby’s unconsciousness, based on the facts that Angel understood, he could likely be confirmed as the chief culprit.
Thinking of this, Shadow looked sad and made faces at Angel, hoping that Angel would let him off and not talk about him. However, Angel wanted to explain the reason for Toby’s unconsciousness clearly, and Shadow was an indispensable part. He still restored the real situation at that time.
“But, there are no external injuries on Toby. Diavolo’s words should be true, and he didn’t attack Toby.” Angel, standing on an objective standpoint, finally helped Shadow: “I thought Toby was advancing, so it was always unconscious. Later, I went to the Living Soul Garden and met the High Priest of Ciporak there. He told me that there was a strong anger emotion eating away at Toby’s soul…”
After Angel finished speaking, Gloria took Toby from his hands.
“I see.” Gloria’s face was serious, especially when she heard “anger emotion eating away at the soul”, she seemed to have thought of something: “Leave its matter to me, thank you for taking care of Toby, and even willing to come to this ghost-infested… Black Castle for it.”
Gloria’s eyes were filled with appreciation: “You have grown very fast, and Toby has become mature with you. I am very glad. Stay here for these days, and I want to hear how Toby has transformed in more than a year.”
Angel nodded, his face still full of worry: “Is Toby alright? Can the Soul Bead save it?”
Gloria was silent for a moment: “What the High Priest you met said should be correct, and there are indeed several powerful emotions inside it.”
“Actually, when I created it, I knew there was a problem with its soul, but its strength has always been very weak, and it hasn’t touched this aspect of emotion.” Gloria suddenly joked: “I didn’t expect that it would make rapid progress in a short time with you. According to what you said, it even realized the gravity law? Indeed, letting it be free is better than imprisoning it.”
“Don’t worry, Toby will be fine.”
After explaining to Angel, Gloria turned to look at Felicia: “I’ll go find Isabelle later, so don’t make things difficult for Angel. You can’t afford to provoke his mentor.”
After that, Gloria left the Blood Prison with Toby first.
After Gloria left, Felicia took a deep look at Angel and said: “Since Gloria mentioned that I cannot provoke your mentor, I really want to talk about who your mentor is tonight, and… how you managed to survive that level of Omen Sign? I’ll wait for you in the first-floor hall.”
Pausing for a moment, Felicia added: “Aged wine is ready.”
After saying that, Felicia gracefully left the Blood Prison.
After the departure of these two big shots, Angel took a deep breath. He recalled a poem his mentor Jon once taught him: “Mountains and rivers with doubts about the road ahead, willows and flowers reveal another village,” initially thinking the situation would be complicated, but many things were unexpectedly resolved by crafting a weapon. The only regret was that he had the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the true face of the Mysterious Object but failed in the end.
However, he accepted it, as he had no other choice in front of an official wizard. Besides, what the woman who resembled Isabelle said was also correct.
Nevertheless, Angel couldn’t say he didn’t gain anything, as he had once been incredibly close to the realm of “Mysterious Alchemist.” He had manipulated the mysterious power and guided the Mysterious Soul, and he gained some insight into the ‘Mysterious.’
Burying his regrets, Angel looked at Shadow lying on the ground on the other side and laughed: “It seems that Lady Gloria is also wise.”
Shadow had an expression of having survived a disaster, pointing at Angel for a long time before finally squeezing out a sentence: “I’m more and more curious about who you are.”
Chapter 404 Remnant Soul From a Thousand Years Ago <TOC> Chapter 406 Returning to the Garden